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Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Reptiles

The olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), also called the Pacific ridley, is the second-smallest and most abundant of the world's sea turtles, found in warm tropical waters of the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans. It is best known for the arribada, a mass nesting event in which thousands of females come ashore together to lay eggs on the same beach within a span of days. It has an olive-green, heart-shaped carapace and is unusual among sea turtles for its variable, asymmetrical number of lateral shell plates. It feeds mainly on invertebrates such as jellyfish, crabs, and sea urchins, and is assessed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
System (Realm)
Marine 1
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
G3 Vulnerable 3
CITES Appendix
Appendix I 1
Scientific Name
Lepidochelys olivacea 2
Conservation Status
Vulnerable 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Lepidochelys, Taxa
Source Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Wikidata)

In Biome

Intertidal Zone, Biomes
Source NatureServe Explorer: Lepidochelys olivacea
Neritic Zone, Biomes
Source NatureServe Explorer: Lepidochelys olivacea
Open Ocean, Biomes
Source NatureServe Explorer: Lepidochelys olivacea

In Ecosystem

Gulf of California, Ecosystems
Source Olive ridley sea turtle, Wikipedia
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Found In

North Korea

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Republic of the Congo

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Saint Kitts and Nevis

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South America

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South Asia

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South Korea

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Spain

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United Arab Emirates

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Sources
1. Olive ridley sea turtle, Wikipedia
  • system (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
    The olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), also known commonly as the Pacific ridley sea turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Cheloniidae.
  • Feeding
    The olive ridley is predominantly carnivorous.
  • Article text
    The olive ridley is classified as vulnerable according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, and is listed in Appendix I of CITES.
  • Threats section on commercial harvest
    More than one million olive ridleys were commercially harvested off the coasts of Mexico in 1968 alone.
  • Reproduction section
    The species is listed as vulnerable under IUCN.
  • In Ecosystem: Gulf of California, Distribution
    The olive ridley is also found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from the Galápagos Islands and Chile north to the Gulf of California, and along the Pacific coast to at least Oregon.
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2. Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q282385 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): vulnerable.
  • Child Taxon Of: Lepidochelys, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q810578 (Lepidochelys)
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3. NatureServe Explorer: Lepidochelys olivacea
NatureServe Explorer
  • Global rank (roundedGRank)
    "roundedGRank": "G3"
  • In Biome: Intertidal Zone, Species characteristics: Tidal flat/shore
    "estuarineHabitatDescEn": "Tidal flat/shore"
  • In Biome: Open Ocean, Species characteristics: Pelagic
    "marineHabitatDescEn": "Pelagic"
  • In Biome: Neritic Zone, Species characteristics: Near shore
    "marineHabitatDescEn": "Near shore"
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